By: Paxton S.J.R. No. 49
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
  proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a person's freedom
  of religion.
         BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 6, Article I, Texas Constitution, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 6.  (a)  All men have a natural and indefeasible right
  to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own
  consciences.  No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support
  any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his
  consent.  No human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control
  or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion,
  and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious
  society or mode of worship.
         (b)  Government may not burden a person's or religious
  organization's Freedom of Religion.  The right to act or refuse to
  act in a manner motivated by a sincerely held religious belief may
  not be burdened unless the government proves it has a compelling
  governmental interest in infringing the specific act or refusal to
  act and has used the least restrictive means to further that
  interest.  A burden includes indirect burdens such as withholding
  benefits, assessing penalties, or an exclusion from programs or
  access to facilities.
         (c)  But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such
  laws as may be necessary to protect equally every religious
  denomination in the peacable enjoyment of its own mode of public
  worship.
         SECTION 2.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be
  submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 5, 2013.  
  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the
  proposition:  " The constitutional amendment relating to a person's
  freedom of religion.